As ecologist Andrei Frolov explained, most likely the soil where the water leaked will have to be removed and buried separately.
“That is, we can’t talk about some kind of global catastrophe here, they just have a technological problem due to some unprofessional actions, most likely a human factor. That is, this is not such a volume, but, on the other hand, it is unpleasant, because where it leaked, the soil still needs to be completely removed, cleaned and, accordingly, stored and buried somewhere. This is technically solvable, it does not pose any global danger,” said RT’s interlocutor.
The same point of view is shared by Mikhail Kostin, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Head of the Department of Radio Wave Processes and Technologies of RTU MIREA.
“In this case, it is necessary to remove the soil from the site of infection for specialized processing,” the expert concluded.
Earlier it was reported that a leak of radioactive water was recorded at the Japanese Fukushima-1 nuclear power plant.
It is clarified that most of the water was most likely absorbed into the soil. At the same time, the monitoring point installed next to the drainage channel does not show changes in the background.